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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, I want to express our deepest condolences to you, our peers and colleagues in Norway, following the horrifying events of recent days.
I know that countless members of our...

It's my honour to write to you for the first time as Chair of the Global Alliance PR and Communication Management, following our recent Annual General Meeting in Lisbon. The site of the meeting - a nation working diligently with its European partners to battle a fiscal and monetary crisis -...

The Forum, to be hosted by the Public Relations Institute of Australia, is a unique opportunity to gather professionals, academics and students from across the world, to produce important outcomes for the advancement of the profession and share best practices. Previous examples include the...

Highlights included a vision for New Zealand from eminent scientist Sir Paul Callaghan with insights into crisis communication from those involved in the response to the Christchurch earthquakes.
The PRINZ AGM saw Jane Dodd FPRINZ stepping into the role of President, with Pauline Rose FPRINZ...

SAINT JOHN - The Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) hosted the annual Canadian Public Relations Conference in the port city of Saint John, New Brunswick. Public relations practitioners from across the country travelled to the East Coast to take part in the three-day conference that had...

The MScom Program is a part-time, postgraduate program for experienced communications professionals. Courses are conducted in English over a 21-month period and classes are held every other month for seven consecutive days. Based at USI Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano,...

1. What is Clarity?
The problem with communication, according to Nobel laureate George B. Shaw, is the illusion that it has been accomplished. Indeed communication often fails because of a lack of clarity. Clarity or the state of being clear, lucid and distinct is...

As economies have begun to recover from the global financial crisis, business communication professionals are finding that they have to learn to navigate a "new normal." This was the theme of the 2011 IABC World Conference, held 12-15 June in San Diego, California. Over four days, nearly...

"Corporate Social Responsibility involves corporations voluntarily taking responsibility for improving conditions in society by going beyond fulfilling their legal requirements," says Hutter. "Taking responsibility on a global scale will be one of the most important topics over the...

GA: John, you visited Finnish association's main communication event, ProCom Day. What is your "take-away" from this event?
Several important "take-aways": ProCom Day illustrated, once again, the importance of Global Alliance member associations sharing their progress to...